Usually means: Ascetics practicing extreme self-denial.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (fakir)

noun:  (Islam) A faqir, owning no personal property and usually living solely off alms.
noun:  (Hinduism, more loosely) An ascetic mendicant, especially one who performs feats of endurance or apparent magic.
noun:  (derogatory) Someone who takes advantage of the gullible through fakery, especially of a spiritual or religious nature.
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